Alex Varley-Winter
@avwinter.bsky.social
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Hard to believe they feel threatened by a child. Awful warmongering. This sort of behaviour was covered in the documentary ‘While We Watched’, which shows the creeping domination of the press by political interests. As well as, intimidation of those who sing a different tune.
youtu.be/yFoG42xk85U
youtu.be/yFoG42xk85U
While We Watched Trailer
YouTube video by MetFilm Distribution
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May 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hard to believe they feel threatened by a child. Awful warmongering. This sort of behaviour was covered in the documentary ‘While We Watched’, which shows the creeping domination of the press by political interests. As well as, intimidation of those who sing a different tune.
youtu.be/yFoG42xk85U
youtu.be/yFoG42xk85U
😖 Where’s the vision? This copycat rhetoric is dire.
May 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
😖 Where’s the vision? This copycat rhetoric is dire.
Hard to believe they feel threatened by a child. Awful warmongering. This sort of behaviour was covered in the documentary ‘While We Watched’, which shows the creeping domination of the press by political interests. As well as, intimidation of those who sing a different tune.
youtu.be/yFoG42xk85U
youtu.be/yFoG42xk85U
While We Watched Trailer
YouTube video by MetFilm Distribution
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hard to believe they feel threatened by a child. Awful warmongering. This sort of behaviour was covered in the documentary ‘While We Watched’, which shows the creeping domination of the press by political interests. As well as, intimidation of those who sing a different tune.
youtu.be/yFoG42xk85U
youtu.be/yFoG42xk85U
Yes! Found it: polydrusus formoses, “The colour of this insect is brilliant metallic green, as the black body is coated in emerald round scales”. It can damage fruit trees. But there aren’t many of those in this part of London.
April 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Yes! Found it: polydrusus formoses, “The colour of this insect is brilliant metallic green, as the black body is coated in emerald round scales”. It can damage fruit trees. But there aren’t many of those in this part of London.
No ‘the’, soz for the typo.
April 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
No ‘the’, soz for the typo.
When I google ‘Student Demand’, a prior protest stands out, a peaceful anti-war one, but situating it by Starmer’s home was a bad idea.
In the context of last decade’s murders of two MPs — by terrorists not peaceniks — did that seed police intimidation? Bashing in Quaker doors is quite paranoid.
In the context of last decade’s murders of two MPs — by terrorists not peaceniks — did that seed police intimidation? Bashing in Quaker doors is quite paranoid.
March 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
When I google ‘Student Demand’, a prior protest stands out, a peaceful anti-war one, but situating it by Starmer’s home was a bad idea.
In the context of last decade’s murders of two MPs — by terrorists not peaceniks — did that seed police intimidation? Bashing in Quaker doors is quite paranoid.
In the context of last decade’s murders of two MPs — by terrorists not peaceniks — did that seed police intimidation? Bashing in Quaker doors is quite paranoid.
(& you’re right, that bit was a gut punch & felt very odd. What alleviated it for me was that he levelled with her about what he thought was wrong, & both were mortified. In the end it’s revealed, thankfully, that they aren’t related— but it’s understandable to recoil before it’s all resolved.)
March 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
(& you’re right, that bit was a gut punch & felt very odd. What alleviated it for me was that he levelled with her about what he thought was wrong, & both were mortified. In the end it’s revealed, thankfully, that they aren’t related— but it’s understandable to recoil before it’s all resolved.)
Myazaki’s attempt at dramatic tension clearly backfires, if the viewer is so freaked out that they can no longer follow the plot - in the end, it turns out - he’s NOT her brother, what a twist!
They are *extremely* relieved. All’s well that ends well.
They are *extremely* relieved. All’s well that ends well.
March 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Myazaki’s attempt at dramatic tension clearly backfires, if the viewer is so freaked out that they can no longer follow the plot - in the end, it turns out - he’s NOT her brother, what a twist!
They are *extremely* relieved. All’s well that ends well.
They are *extremely* relieved. All’s well that ends well.
Intrigued by what you mean in From Up on Poppy Hill? I remember it being a warm film, but haven’t been able to find any service that streams it recently. It is true that many Ghibli films have eerie monsters and allude to armed conflict, or portray depression. Spirited Away too despite its U rating.
March 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Intrigued by what you mean in From Up on Poppy Hill? I remember it being a warm film, but haven’t been able to find any service that streams it recently. It is true that many Ghibli films have eerie monsters and allude to armed conflict, or portray depression. Spirited Away too despite its U rating.
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Interesting @theifs.bsky.social piece finding signs of weak data quality & uncertainty in the poverty stats - esp for earnings
Even with their broad confidence intervals, though, the squeeze at the very bottom on chart looks pretty clear
ifs.org.uk/articles/new...
Even with their broad confidence intervals, though, the squeeze at the very bottom on chart looks pretty clear
ifs.org.uk/articles/new...
March 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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It’s low-income when set against *cost of housing* which is a total crunch. You don’t get a true picture of people’s lives if rent/mortgage is not factored in. Someone on here wrote a great thread that includes snapshots of that data, but I forgot to bookmark, am trying to re-find it at the moment.
March 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
It’s low-income when set against *cost of housing* which is a total crunch. You don’t get a true picture of people’s lives if rent/mortgage is not factored in. Someone on here wrote a great thread that includes snapshots of that data, but I forgot to bookmark, am trying to re-find it at the moment.